Athlete Journal: Chris Duffin, Entry 7 - Stressed, But Still Training

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Stressed, But Still Training

I’ve been in the midst of a career transition and some investments. Both have been requiring a bit of my time and are also increasing my stress levels. My training hasn’t suffered much, but I can feel the impact of the stress. This is also the reason for the delayed training update. I will be back on track shortly and hopefully get back on track with some articles I have in queue, as well.

MONDAY

Deciding to switch to floor presses for a while. I’m not very good at them as my range of motion is actually longer than my flat bench, but they bring up my raw bench significantly.

15min mobility work

Floor Press

135x10x10

225x5

315x5

365x5

405x1

Reverse Grip Floor press

365x3,5

Seated Dumbbell Military Press

60+#3band in each hand x12, 12, 8

Overhead Triceps Extensions w/bands

Medium band x 16,20,20,20

WEDNESDAY

Watched my video of the prior week and saw that the chains on the chain-squats were deloading too soon and I was not picking up enough chain at the top. I adjusted the links so more chain was picked up this time. For this reason the bar weight is less this week.

Squat w/Buffalo bar and 300 in chain

155+300x2

365+300x2

375+300x1

440+300x1

Upper back was fried from the 900lb deadlift lockouts the prior Saturday so the weights felt like they were going to crush me today. Manned up for one big set.

506+300x7

Pause Squats

385+30chain x5, 5, 5

Stallions

245+#2x20

335+#2x20, 8

Step-ups to 21” box

88lb kettlebells x8, 6

FRIDAY

This happened to be the last day at my job of the last 3.5 years. Onwards.